Car-door



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

E. Y. MOORE.

GAR DOOR;

No. 334,452. Patented Jan. 19,1886

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet}.

E. Y. MOORE.

UAR DOOR. I No. 334,452. Patented Jan. 19, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWVARD Y. MOORE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,452, dated January 19, 1886.

Application filed April 6, 1885.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD Y. MOORE, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar- Doors, of which the following, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the outer side of a grain car door in connection with my improvements and so much of the car as is necessary in order to illustrate my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of so much of theinterior of the car as is necessary to illustrate my invention. Fig. 3 is a section in the plane of the line 00 w of Fig. 2, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrow there shown. Fig.4 is a like representation representing the part shown in Fig. 3, showing the door locked in its raised position. Fig. 5 is a detail, the same being a side View of one of the locking buttons and the plate to which it is attached. Fig. 6 is a detail, the same being an edge view of one of the looking devices; and Fig. 7 is a side view, in detail, of the means employed for locking the door temporarily in its raised position.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents the side of the car. B is the main grain-door, and B is a supplemental grain-door, hinged to the door B by means of hinges a a. The door B is only a minor feature of my invention, and may be employed with advantage when the car is loaded with oats or with the lighter kinds of grain, but is not necessary when carrying wheat or corn. The door B, as will be perceived, is arranged upon the upper edge of the door B, and folds inwardly, but is retained temporarily in its vertical position, or upon the edge of the door B, by means of a pivoted button, b, applied, by preference, to the door B.

O is a forked or notched plate applied to the door B, and its forked arms are bent inward at or near their ends, as shown at c c.

D is a plate applied to the door B.

E is a small screw-bolt in loose connection at one end with the plate D or the door B, and d is a flanged or winged thumb-nut run upon the other end of the bolt E.

To hold the doorv B down or in against the inner side of the door B, I raise the button 1),

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and then turn the door B down, and thus bring the arms of the forked plate 0 just over the bolt E. I then raise the said bolt up between the said arms and tighten the said nut. The upper or supplemental door will thus be firmly secured against the inner side of the lower or main door.

F F are metallic eyes applied to the inner side of the door B, somewhat below its upper corners, and G G are metallic boxes or bearings applied to the door-frame.

H H are connecting rods or links, bent at their upper ends to enter or be journaled in the boxes or bearings G G, and e e are comparatively long loops at the other ends of the said links. These loops are linked into the eyes F F. The upper portion of the links H H are curved, as shown at e e. By these means the door B may be raised and lowered, whether provided with a door, B, or not. The extent to which it may be raised or lowered depends upon the length of the loops 6 e, and I make these loops sufficiently long to allow the door to be raised high enough to permit the grain to pass out freely underneath it when occasion requires. Also, by employing the looped links H H, the door may be folded compactly up against the roof of the car, as represented in Fig. 4, and when the door is in this position one edge abuts against the side of the car, as will be perceived. I retain the other edge of the door in its raised position temporarily by means which I will now describe. I

-I is a plate rigidly secured to one of the the said plate, and having thereon a shoulder or projection, f.

K is an arm or locker pivoted to the plate I, and K is a fixed stud or pin extending from the said plate, for limiting the upward movement of the part K.

L is a stud or pin, also projecting from the plate I, limiting the swinging movement in one direction of the hook J. The natural position of the hook J is vertical, with one edge in or nearly in contact with the stud L. The hook J is locked in this position by means of the pivoted arm or locker K when the latter rests on the shoulder f, as is clearly indicated in Figs. 4 and 7. The hook J, however, may

car-lines, and J is a pendent hook pivoted to be released by raising the locker K sufiiciently for that purposefor example, to the position indicated by the dotted orbroken lines in Fig. 7at which time the pin K prevents the further upward movement of the locker, and the position of this pin is such that the locker, when released, will fall back upon the shoulderf.

To lock the door temporarily in its raised position, I raise the locker K, while raising the door against the roof, and as the door passes up its edge strikes the beveled end of the hook J and throws the latter back out of the way. As soon, however, as the door is in its fully-raised position, the hook J falls to its vertical position and engages the door, so as to hold the latter up. To lock the hook in its engaging position, I release the loekerK.

M is a plate secured to or set into the sides of the door-frame, and this plate has in it a depression, g, and a hole or opening, h.

N is a pivoted latch or button applied to the plate M, and adapted and arranged for being swung or vibrated, so as to alternately cover and expose the depression g 0 is a plate secured to the outside of the door 13, and O is a leaf hinged thereto.

0 is a stud or pin projecting from one side of the leaf 0, and the outer end of this stud is beveled, as is clearly shown in Fig. 6.

To lock the door in its closed position, I turn the leaf 0 over into the depression y, when the stud or projection 0" will enter the hole or opening h. The wing 0 will then be flush or nearly flush with the outer plate, M. Now, by swinging the button N down over the leaf 0, the latter will be locked temporarilyin engagement with the plate M; but by swinging thelatch or button N away laterally, as shown in Fig. 5, the leaf 0 may be released or thrown back, as indicated in Fig. 6. P these means the door will not only be locked in its lowest or closed position, but will also be prevented from being moved or jarred laterally or endwise.' Cleats I I may also be placed upon the outer side of the door at its ends, to further aid in retaining the closed door in its proper position firmly.

Q, is a lift-plate applied to the outer side of the door;but such a plate is not new with me.

It. will be perceived from the foregoing description, and on reference to the drawings, that the looped links or rods H H not only permit the door to be raised vertically from the outside of the car, to allow grain: to pass out underneath it, but that they also allow the door, whether it consists in part of the supplemental door or not, to be turned closely against the roof, and that there are then no projecting parts extending into the car in such a manner as to interfere with the storage of lumber or other merchandise. This feature of my invention I believe to be new, independently of the supplemental door and of any specific features of construction relating to the means employed for locking the door either in its closed or open position. Furthermore, when the door is raised to the roof, the links H H aid in supporting it there. The hook J and keeper or locker K hold the door firmly in its raised position and co'operate with the looped links to this extentviz., that the loops allow the door to abut at one edge against the side of the car, while the supporting-hook and the locker retain the door temporarily in that position rigidly, and pre vent it from being shaken out of place by the movements of the car. The catch or fastening N, in co-operation with the wing O on the plate '0 and the stud 0, when arranged, as shown, about one-third the way down from the top of the door B, not only serves to hold the door down, but also firmly against the side of the car, both at the top and bottom of the door, thus serving the purpose of catches both at the top and bottom of the latter, and also prevents the door from being moved endwise; but to more effectually prevent the door from being moved cndwise I deem it preferable to employ the cleats I P, which slightly overlap the door-posts when the door is closed. The supplemental door B, as before stated, need not be raised upon the edge of the door B,eXcepting when the car is loaded with light grain, or with a load filling the carsufficiently to render a high door necessary. The button 1), operating in conjunction with the hinges a. a, serves to hold the door 13 firmly in its ver tical position, and the means employed for fastening the door B in its folded position against the doorB retain the door B firmly in that position. The links H H are, by preference, so bent or hinged at their upper ends as to prevent them from being swung or tilted laterally, and this result I accomplish by bending them rectangularly near their upper ends, as shown, and the short horizonal arms so made enter the boxes or bearings G G.

Having thus described my invention, what I cailn as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, substantially as specified, with a freight-car grain-door, of upwardly-swinging links, each having a long loop on its lower end, and there hinged or jointed to the door, and hinged or jointed at their other ends to the car, for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, substantially as specified, with a freight-car grain-door, of the upwardly-swinging links H H, each having a loop, e, on its lower end, and there hinged or jointed to the door, and hinged or jointed at their other ends to the car, and of a fastening or support for retaining the door temporarily in its fully open or upturned position, for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, substantially as specified, of a freight-car grain-door, the upwardly-swinging links H II, each having a loop, 6, on its lower end, and there hinged or jointed to the door, and hinged or jointed at their other ends to the car, a pivoted hook arranged for engaging the fully open or upturned door and a pivoted locker for holding the said-heck in temporary engagement with the door, for the purposes set forth.

4. A grain-car door consisting of the combination of a main part, B, and of a supplemental part, B, hinged or jointed thereto, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

5. The combination, substantially as specified, of the main inwardly-folding grain-car door B, the inwardly-folding supplemental door B, hinged to the upper part of the door B, a fastening for securing the door B temporarily in a vertical position on the upper edge of the door B, and a locking device for retaining the door B temporarily in its position when folded against the door B, for the purposes set forth. 7

6. The combination, substantially as specified, of the main inwardly-folding grain-car door B, the inwardly folding supplemental door B, hinged to the upper part of the door B, the pivoted button b, for retaining the door B temporarily in its Vertical position on the upper edge of the door B, and a locking device for retaining the door B temporarily in its position when folded against the door B, for the purposes set forth.

7. The combination, substantially as specified, in a grain-car door, of the main door B, having thereon the bolt E and nut d, and the supplemental door B, hinged to the door B, 0 and having thereon the forked plate 0, for the purposes set forth.

8. The combination, substantially as specified, with a freight-car and a grain-door in connection therewith, of the pivoted latch N, the 5 plate 0, the hingedleaf 0', having thereon the stud O, and an opening to receive the said stud, for the purposes set forth.

9. The combination, substantially as specified, with a freight-car and a graindoor in con- 40 nection therewith, of the plate M, having therein a recess or depression, 9, and an opening,

h, the pivoted latch N, the plate 0, and the hinged leaf 0, having thereon the stud O, for the purposes set forth.

10. The combination, with an inwardly and upwardly folding grain-car door, of the pivoted pendent hook J, applied to the car-roof, the pivoted gravitating locker K, and a shoulder or support, f, for the said locker, substan 5o tially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD Y. MOORE.

Witnesses:

F. F. WARNER, J. B. HALPENNY. 

